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2011 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations

Topic-based tabulation: Detailed Mother Tongue (232), Knowledge of Official Languages (5), Age Groups (17A) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions, 2011 Census

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This table details detailed mother tongue , knowledge of official languages , age groups and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in Essex
Detailed mother tongue (232) Knowledge of official languages (5)
Total - Knowledge of official languages English only French only English and French Neither English nor French
Total - Detailed mother tongue 384,935 341,720 455 35,775 6,980
Single responses 376,955 335,875 435 33,700 6,945
English 281,970 262,940 15 18,935 80
French 11,705 1,535 265 9,905 0
Non-official languages 83,280 71,405 150 4,865 6,865
Aboriginal languages 45 35 0 5 5
Algonquian languages 25 20 0 5 0
Algonquin 5 0 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0
Cree languages 0 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Plains Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Woods Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 0 5 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 15 15 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Michif 5 5 0 0 0
Athapaskan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Carrier 0 0 0 0 0
Wetsuweten 0 0 0 0 0
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0
Dene 0 0 0 0 0
Tlicho (Dogrib) 0 0 0 0 0
Gwich'in 0 0 0 0 0
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0 0 0
South Slavey 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0
Sarcee 0 0 0 0 0
Beaver 0 0 0 0 0
Sekani 0 0 0 0 0
Kaska (Nahani) 0 0 0 0 0
Tahltan 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0
Southern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0
Tutchone, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0
Athapaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Haida 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages 5 5 0 0 0
Mohawk 0 0 0 0 0
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0
Oneida 5 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages 0 0 0 0 0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 0 0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 0 0
Halkomelem 0 0 0 0 0
Lillooet 0 0 0 0 0
Okanagan 0 0 0 0 0
Squamish 0 0 0 0 0
Straits 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Dakota 0 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Tlingit 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian languages 0 0 0 0 0
Gitksan 0 0 0 0 0
Nisga'a 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth) 0 0 0 0 0
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 0 0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages 0 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 0 0 0 0 0
Inuinnaqtun 0 0 0 0 0
Inuvialuktun 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0
Romance languages 20,550 16,610 25 1,495 2,420
Italian 10,780 9,545 0 625 610
Portuguese 2,390 2,000 5 110 265
Romanian 2,405 1,860 0 440 110
Spanish 4,965 3,195 10 325 1,435
Catalan 10 5 0 0 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 10,045 9,330 0 200 515
Dutch 815 760 0 55 0
Flemish 95 85 0 10 0
Frisian 5 5 0 0 0
German 8,950 8,315 0 125 510
Yiddish 30 25 0 5 0
Scandinavian languages 110 105 0 5 0
Danish 85 80 0 5 0
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0
Norwegian 5 5 0 0 0
Swedish 20 15 0 0 0
Afrikaans 35 40 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 25 20 0 5 0
Gaelic languages 15 15 0 5 0
Welsh 10 10 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 13,025 11,990 5 565 460
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 5 5 0 0 0
Bosnian 330 300 0 15 10
Bulgarian 105 90 0 10 0
Croatian 1,850 1,745 0 60 40
Czech 195 185 5 5 0
Macedonian 1,210 1,130 0 30 50
Polish 3,425 3,095 5 190 135
Russian 550 465 0 55 30
Serbian 3,045 2,785 0 125 125
Serbo-Croatian 215 205 0 10 5
Slovak 1,025 970 0 30 25
Slovenian 195 190 0 0 5
Ukrainian 730 685 0 25 15
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 145 140 0 0 5
Baltic languages 95 90 0 5 0
Latvian 20 20 0 0 0
Lithuanian 75 70 0 5 5
Greek 1,100 1,025 5 35 35
Armenian 230 185 5 25 10
Albanian 1,080 940 5 55 85
Georgian 5 5 0 0 0
Finno-Ugric languages 1,695 1,575 5 60 60
Estonian 15 20 0 5 0
Finnish 160 155 0 5 0
Hungarian 1,515 1,405 0 55 60
Turkic languages 450 410 0 20 25
Azerbaijani 10 10 0 0 0
Turkish 400 365 0 15 20
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 40 35 0 5 5
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 14,785 11,990 50 1,465 1,280
Berber languages (Kabyle) 5 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 620 505 0 10 110
Oromo 45 45 0 5 0
Somali 575 465 0 5 105
Semitic languages 14,150 11,480 50 1,450 1,175
Amharic 130 120 0 0 0
Arabic 11,550 9,230 50 1,385 880
Hebrew 35 25 0 5 0
Maltese 240 230 0 5 0
Tigrigna 120 115 0 0 10
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 2,085 1,760 0 45 280
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 15 0 0 10 0
Indo-Iranian languages 7,025 6,280 5 270 470
Indo-Aryan languages 6,190 5,545 0 230 420
Bengali 620 555 0 40 30
Gujarati 635 565 0 10 50
Hindi 595 555 0 30 15
Konkani 10 5 0 0 0
Marathi 85 75 0 5 5
Panjabi (Punjabi) 2,090 1,800 0 75 215
Sindhi 20 20 0 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 120 115 0 0 0
Urdu 1,920 1,785 0 55 75
Nepali 95 60 0 5 35
Iranian languages 775 685 0 45 50
Kurdish 130 110 0 0 20
Pashto 30 30 0 5 0
Persian (Farsi) 615 545 0 40 30
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 50 50 0 0 0
Dravidian languages 555 520 0 15 20
Kannada 25 25 0 0 0
Malayalam 150 140 0 0 5
Tamil 260 240 0 10 10
Telugu 115 115 0 0 5
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Japanese 85 70 0 5 10
Korean 420 370 0 15 30
Sino-Tibetan languages 6,045 4,930 5 210 900
Chinese languages 5,830 4,785 5 210 835
Cantonese 1,230 990 5 40 195
Chaochow (Teochow) 0 0 0 0 0
Fukien 10 5 0 0 0
Hakka 10 5 0 0 0
Mandarin 1,110 915 5 55 140
Shanghainese 10 10 0 0 0
Taiwanese 20 20 0 0 5
Chinese, n.o.s. 3,435 2,830 0 110 495
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Burmese 15 20 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 195 130 0 5 70
Tai languages 435 285 0 10 130
Lao 250 200 0 10 30
Thai 190 85 0 0 105
Austro-Asiatic languages 2,370 2,035 10 60 270
Khmer (Cambodian) 450 375 0 5 70
Vietnamese 1,925 1,660 5 50 205
Malayo-Polynesian languages 2,030 1,975 0 35 25
Bisayan languages 70 65 0 0 5
Ilocano 70 70 0 0 0
Malay 60 55 0 5 0
Pampango 10 10 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 1,800 1,755 0 30 20
Bikol 5 5 0 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0
Pangasinan 0 0 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 20 15 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 685 435 30 195 25
Akan (Twi) 55 50 0 5 0
Bantu languages 375 160 35 170 20
Lingala 15 5 10 5 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 35 10 0 25 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 95 15 5 70 5
Shona 5 5 0 0 0
Swahili 140 65 15 45 10
Ganda 20 15 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 55 40 10 10 0
Edo 15 10 0 5 0
Igbo 40 40 0 0 0
Wolof 5 0 5 5 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 10 5 0 5 0
Ga 10 10 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 175 160 0 10 5
African languages, n.i.e. 205 190 0 5 15
Creoles 185 45 10 110 15
Non-verbal languages 85 40 0 0 45
American Sign Language 35 25 0 0 10
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 50 20 0 0 30
Other languages 30 10 0 5 15
Multiple responses 7,975 5,845 25 2,070 35
English and French 1,725 435 5 1,285 0
English and non-official language 5,555 5,160 5 370 20
French and non-official language 440 205 10 205 15
English, French and non-official language 260 50 5 210 0

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-314-XCB2011033.

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